diff --git a/pkg/config/cos.go b/pkg/config/cos.go
index e46f77bf5..cd85b2238 100644
--- a/pkg/config/cos.go
+++ b/pkg/config/cos.go
@@ -465,6 +465,20 @@ func initRancherdStage(config *HarvesterConfig, stage *yipSchema.Stage) error {
 		},
 	)
 
+	ingressConfig, err := render("rke2-99-traefik.yaml", config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	stage.Files = append(stage.Files,
+		yipSchema.File{
+			Path:        "/etc/rancher/rke2/config.yaml.d/99-traefik.yaml",
+			Content:     ingressConfig,
+			Permissions: 0600,
+			Owner:       0,
+			Group:       0,
+		},
+	)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/templates/rancherd-10-harvester.yaml b/pkg/config/templates/rancherd-10-harvester.yaml
index f31b0f2df..343e80ea7 100644
--- a/pkg/config/templates/rancherd-10-harvester.yaml
+++ b/pkg/config/templates/rancherd-10-harvester.yaml
@@ -24,23 +24,6 @@ resources:
       release: rancher-monitoring
     name: rancher-monitoring-operator
     namespace: cattle-monitoring-system
-- apiVersion: helm.cattle.io/v1
-  kind: HelmChartConfig
-  metadata:
-    name: rke2-ingress-nginx
-    namespace: kube-system
-  spec:
-    valuesContent: |-
-      controller:
-        config:
-          proxy-body-size: "0"
-          proxy-request-buffering: "off"
-        admissionWebhooks:
-          port: 8444
-        publishService:
-          pathOverride: kube-system/ingress-expose
-        extraArgs:
-          default-ssl-certificate: cattle-system/tls-rancher-internal
 - apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
diff --git a/pkg/config/templates/rke2-99-traefik.yaml b/pkg/config/templates/rke2-99-traefik.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eadfe3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/config/templates/rke2-99-traefik.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ingress-controller: traefik
\ No newline at end of file